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Hello, stitching world! I hope you are having a good weekend. It’s a cool and cloudy day in Cape Town, perfect for embroidery. Tomorrow the 30 July is World Embroidery Day and so I thought it was a good occasion to show you some new creations. A Daisy cuff or bracelet Here I combined silk ribbon embroidery with a felted band for a Marguerite daisy bracelet and I...
Hi, everybody, I am delighted to tell you that the book is almost finished. It's going to print next week! Here are some more projects in the book..... what do you think of them? I will write more about our new book, and the wonderful team that I worked with, once everything is done. Happy weekend stitching world! Love Di
⊹⊱✿◕‿◕✿⊰⊹ Greetings to you from Newlands in Cape Town! Today I have something to show you for our new book: THE ART OF FELTING AND RIBBON EMBROIDERY Do you like the colours? I had so much fun with this and will show you more closer to the time of release. Have a lovely Wednesday! Hope you are creating beautiful things, wherever you...
A little purse for our new book .... Click on the image to enlarge Happy weekend stitching world! Love Di
G’Day to you…. It’s nearly weekend ♪♫♬♪ and to make your day I have something really lovely to show you by Инесса Тимонина (Inessa Timonina) from Moscow Russia A beautiful rose for you… Click on the image to enlarge. And another exquisite rose… Note: The techniques for making these kinds of roses you will learn in my new Roses...
Good Morning! I have something really cute to show you just in time for Christmas. Embroidered by Kwok Wing Sum (Happy) who lives in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. Kwok Wing Sum wrote to me, and to everyone who will be celebrating Christmas tomorrow: “Hello everybody, I embroidered this hedgehog ^^ Merry Christmas ^^ I wish you merry Christmas ^^ and happy New Year^^” ….. and this is what...
Hello everybody, I have two beautiful roses to help brighten up your weekend! I recently received this mail from India: “Hello Di Inspired by your Roses book, this is what I made. Just wanted to share with you. Love Dr Gurpreet Kaur. India.” Click on the images to enlarge So I asked Dr Gurpreet to tell me more about herself and this was...
Hello stitching world ♬❤♬❤♬ I thought you would enjoy seeing this gorgeous piece Claudia ordered the kit from us, titled JK4 Wild Orchids, Violets, Roses, Blue Salvia…. and this is what she made! Don’t you think it’s fabulous? I just love the frame! Click on the image to enlarge So I asked her to tell me more about herself and this is what...
Good morning everybody :-) Today I have something really special to brighten up your day and hopefully your week too..... exquisite masterpieces by Ludmila from Chisinau in Moldova. Click on the image to enlarge Don’t you just love her roses?? This is what her daughter, Adriana, wrote to me about her mum … “Her name is Ludmila. She lives in Chisinau,...
Roses, Fuchsias, Hydrangeas and Jasmine in silk ribbon Hello stitching world! I hope that you are creating beautiful things with your embroidery! I am sorry I have not blogged as often as I could have in the last two months. Things have been rather rough this side of the world. Renn has had an operation on her neck and it is going to take some time for...
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